📜 To make obligated 🪢 To tie tightly 🔗 To join closely 🤝 To connect emotionally 😬 A difficult situation 📚 To cover a book 🥔 To cause constipation

to bind

5 8.6

To make a person constipated

verb
/baɪnd/

: estreñir

Eating too much cheese can bind you up and cause discomfort.

Examples

Certain vegetables can bind the digestive system, leading to constipation if consumed in excess.
A baby diaper must fit right, so it neither leaks nor binds.

Academic text (2007)
I feel a bit... bound up like I just...

Extinction (2014)
That's because the plants bind up the mineral in a compound known as phytic acid.

Academic text (1996)
This medication may bind the bowels, making it harder to have a bowel movement.

Synonyms

to constipate

vsto bind

7 6.8

Make someone have trouble passing stools

is used for foods or medicines that make the bowels hard to move

Antonyms

laxative

Specialized

18 4.1

A medicine that helps the body pass stool

Idioms

to bind hand and foot

Informal

1 8.0

To stop someone completely from acting freely

Phrasal Verbs

to bind over

Jargon

2 9.8

To order a defendant to be kept in custody or to obey certain rules until a later court hearing

to bind off

Jargon

7.8

To finish a row of knitting by securing stitches so they do not come undone

Compounds

double bind

Specialized

2 8.1

A situation where you are given two conflicting demands you cannot satisfy, often from someone in charge

How Constipating

to bind

5 8.6

to loosen

15 2.8

Surface Forms

bind infinitive

binding present participle

binds third person singular

bound past

bound past participle

Etymology

Bind (verb, cause constipation) uses the same idea of 'tying' or making tight; food or medicine that 'binds' makes the bowels move less. So if something 'binds' you it can cause constipation by making things stay together and not pass easily.